Milk-box.



vet

FRANK ZBKOWSKI, OF BESSEMER, PENNSYIiVANIA.4

MILK-BOX.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 4, i917.

Application filed May 7, 1917. Serial No. 166,9024

Be it known that I, FRANK ZBIKowsKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bessemer, in the county ot' Lawrence and State ot Pennsylvania. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Milkioxes, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements .in milk boxes.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device adapted to prevent the thet't of bottles of milk which are vended trom house `to house and are ordi-- narily delivered upon door steps and in a convenient-ami easily accessible position, the present device providing' a sanitary receiving member preventing` any extraction or' the bottles exteriorly of the house.

A further object of the device. is the pro-i' vision ot' a receiving member for vending milk bottles arranged for sounding an alarm when the bottles are deposited therein for notifyingT the housekeeper that the milk has arrived while the bottle is readily ouai-ded by the milkman against any access thereto cxteriorlv of the house while the bottles are positioned for removal interiorly or the house.

lil/lith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter t'nlly described, illustrated in the accompanying' drawing and pointed out in the appended ciaim.

ln the drawingr 'forming a part of this application and lin which like numerals ret'er to corrcspmidingy parts throughout the several views:

Figure i is a vertical sectional View oi the device taken adjacent the inner door thereof.

l"il. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken upon line HMH oi' Fig. 1.

Filis. 3 and t are horizontal sectional views taken respectively upon lines llllil and lviV ot Fig. 1, and,

5 is similar to Fig. #l with the device in its open position `for the removal ot' the milk laittle.

The present device may be located at any desirable point and broadly consists of a box member or casing' 10 havingA a hollow cylindrical container il. j'ournaled therein adapted to receive a milk bottle such as 12 therein through a side opening 12 in the i the opening 12l ther-coil is positioned fadjacent the door 15, the latter being readily swung open upon its hinge lo and provided witha suitable catch 1 -feleasable by a handle 1S. A house or a shed Wall 19 is indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawing showing the preferable arrangement of the casing 10 relatively thereto.

A ratchet wheel 20 is arranged upon the top 21 of the cylinder 11 and is adapted for engafrement by a pawl 22 pivoted to the top 23 ot the casing, 1() and provided with a suitable spring 2i for maintaining the pawl in operative contact with thel said wheel 20. The said pawl and ratchet mechanism permits the cylinder 11 toy be revolved in only one direction, it being noted that a pivoted spring-inuenced stop 2.3 is arranged upon the bottom 26 of the casing 10 for engaging within a notch 27 in the bottom 28 of the cylinder l1 when the cylinder' is revolved for .bringing the opening 12 adjacent the door 15.

It will be seen that the device being normally arranged as shown in Fig. e of the drawing, the milknlan may readily insert the bottle 12 through the casing,I 10 and within the cylinder 11 throughthe opening 12 thereof for placing the bottle within a suitable socket 29 upon the cylinder bottom 2S. The milkman will then revolve the cyl- I inder in the direction permitted by the pawl and ratchet member'20 and 22, the same being shown by the arrows otFigs. 3 and fi ot' the drawings and when the opening 12 arrives at its inner position adjacent the door 15 the stop 25 will enter the notch 27 preventing any further rotation ot the cylinder from a point exteriorly of the building'wall 19. The door 15is then opened when desired by the person within the house and the milk bottle 12 removed through the cyiinder opening 12 and the stop 25 being then readily accessible interiorlv of the house, the said top will be removed from the notch 27 by the operator and the cylinder 1l further revolved for again positioning upon 12 in substantial alinement with the outer door opening 13 of the casing l0. e

Radially projecting teeth 30 are provided adjacent the 'top of the cylinder ll adapted to engage the operating' lever 3l of an alarm bell 32 Whenever the cylinder ll is revolved. By this arrangement the alarm bell 32 will be sounded when the milkman revolves the Cylinder ll With the milk bottle l2 positioned therein, thereby notifying the house- Wife that the milk has arrived and that the door 15 may be opened for gaining access thereto. A serviceable arrangement is thus provided which will prevent the theft of milk bottles which are delivered at the house Awhile the occupant of the house may4 What I claim as new is :-v

A bottle holder comprising a casing having a receiving opening in one side thereof and a closure door at its opposite side, a cylindrical receiver journaled upright Within the casing having a side opening adapted for normal positioning in alinement with the said receiving opening, bottle receiving sockets Within the said receiver, projecting teeth arranged adjacent the top of said receiver, an alarm Within the casing arranged with its operating lever in the path of movement of the said teeth, pavvl and ratchet connections between the said receiver and the casing arranged above the receiver, the said receiver having a peripheral stop notch at the bottom thereof adjacent the opening of the receiver and a pivoted stop carried by the casing adjacent the hinged door thereof adapted for engagement Within said notch.

FRANK ZBIKOWSKI. 

